Jonathan (Rotom)

Jonathan Halliburton, nicknamed Jon, is, in at least two timelines, a rotom belonging to David Riley Albright some time in the 2040s. In life, he had been a nosy investigative journalist with an adventurous streak. As a pokémon, he conventionally takes on the appearance of a rotomdex.

Biography

Jonathan Halliburton in the main timeline is an investigative journalist who worked at the Geographic Society's Kalos division. A constant traveler, he was often very rarely present in the office as he was usually on assignment on a remote place. Originally from somewhere due north of Unova, he eventually settled in Kalos. In at least two timelines, he dies as a young adult and returns as a rotom, where he eventually finds himself in the possession of David Albright.

Configuration

Rather than a pokéball, Jon is frequently kept in various devices, more often than not smartphones. His most frequent appearance is that of a Lillifuture rotomdex, which is itself part pokédex and part tablet computer. He speaks human languages and does so almost in exclusion, though he can and occasionally does speak to other pokémon in monese.

He uses an attachable hard light projector to transform his appearance to that of a male human from the early 21st Century. Although the appearance of this disguise can vary (and is often used to impersonate his trainer should the need arise), he often manifests as a red-haired 20-something man of Caucasian descent--which was later revealed to be an approximation of how he was in life.

As a dex, he has encyclopedic knowledge of pokémon that spans the best data available in the 2040s.

Personality

Jon is innately curious about the past and loves exploring and learning, owing in part to him inhabiting a dex and having been a journalist in life. Although more than likely to follow Dave's lead in regular situations, he does occasionally overturn instruction, especially when motivated by his trainer's well being. He is immensely and unfailingly polite and diplomatic in times when his trainer isn't. He often uses his pokédex archives to help his team strategize and has the potential to be a remarkably formidable trainer in his own right. However, he retains most of the functions of a trained pokémon and often needs to be reminded that he can be autonomous (especially when imitating a human).

He shows immense interest in playing the role of a humanoid superhero or action hero and often adjusts his hard light appearance to mimic battle damage.

In the Cyfuture, an embittered Jon has become immensely hateful of the Albright regime and lashes out his frustrations in Monese, which he knows that his charge David does not understand.

Trivia

• He is known to attempt to cheat on karaoke through a thumb drive stuffed to the gills with mp3s.
• He is an Internet addict.
• He is immensely accustomed to voice activated technology and is frustrated when things aren't.
• He has an inordinate fondness for music from the 1980s and the 2010s, especially those that have a largely ironic following even in the present.
• Although it is not yet confirmed if and how, he might be related to Gimbal, the rotom belonging to his trainer's father.
• His name is derived both from Johnny Five, the android main character from the Short Circuit film series, and (secondarily) Prince Jonathan, close friend and brother-in-law of the young King David in the Bible.
• His origin as a dead human was lampshaded by his form in the Cyfuture, which indicated that he was, in fact, the ghost of a previously living being.